Refrigerator.



No. 665,885. Patented Ian. :5, mm. L. DE VEAU.

REFRIGERATOR.

. (Application filed Apr. 21. 1900.) i (No Model.) 2 Sheets+$heet I.

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REFRIGERATOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS VEAU, OF URBANA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN MOGRAW, OF SAME PLACE.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPEGIFFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 665,885, dated January 15, 1901.

Application filed April 21, 1900.

T0 at whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS DE VEAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Urbana, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Refrigpermit of the accumulation of a predator mined quantity of ice-water and also to pre- Vent an overflow of thelatterinto the interior of the provision portion of the refrigerator.

It is also designed to provide the refrigerator with an improved weighing device, so that the ice may be conveniently weighed within the refrigerator and without removing any of the parts thereof.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particulaFly point ed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made Within. the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved refrigerator. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line4 4 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body orouter shell of the refrigerator, and 2 an inner shell or lining to form an intermediate space 3, which is filled Serial No. 13,786. (No model.)

with a heat-non-conducting filling or packing of any preferred character. This body is supported upon suitable feet 4: in the usual manner. In one side of the body there is pr0- vided a door 5, whereby access may be had to the interior of the refrigerator. As best shown in Fig. 2, the inner shell or lining forms an annular shoulder 6, which is designed to support the cover or lid '7, which is provided with a suitable screen-covered vent-opening S to provide for the efiective ventilation of the interior of the refrigerator.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the bottom of the refrigerator is provided with a central opening 9, surrounded 'water chamber or tank, near the lower end thereof, is a radially-disposed pipe 14, to the outer end of which is removably connected the inner end of asecond pipe 15, which passes outwardly through the adjacent side of the refrigerator and is provided at its outer end with a suitable faucet 16, whereby the icewater may be drawn off from the water-tank for drinking purposes.

The icereceptacle comprises a dished tray or pan 1?, having an upstanding marginal flange 18 and a central opening surrounded by a pendent flange 19, so as to form a funnel-neck to enter the upper open end of the ice-water tank 12, upon which the pan rests. The outer side of the flange 18 is provided with a plurality of bowed springs 20, which are designed to bind against the inner face of the lining 2, so as to hold the ice-pan firmly and prevent lateral movement thereof.

Secured to diametrically opposite sides of the refrigerator are the standards 21, which extend a suitable distance above the top of the refrigerator and are connected at their upper ends with a cross-bar22. Pendent from the middle of this bar is any preferred form of weighing device 23, from which depend flexible connections, such as chains 24, which normally are engaged with suitable hooks 25, V

, carried by the frame, so that said chains may be out of the way. When it is desired to weigh the ice, the cover 7 is removed and the hooks 26 at the free ends of the chains are on- 1 gaged witheyes or perforations formed in the flange of the ice-pan, as shown in Fig. 2, the

icepan being elevated from the upper end of the ice-water tank.

Located within the refrigerator is aprovision-rack comprising a pair or more of superposed shelves 27 and 28, each of which is provided with an upstanding marginal rim or flange 29 to retain the dishes or other articles which may be placed thereon. These shelves are fixedly connected to a central tube or hollow shaft 30, which is rotatable upon the icewater tank or tube 12, so that the rack may be conveniently turned to bring any portion .thereof in front of the door 5, whereby access may be conveniently had to the rack. The tube or shaft 30 projects below the lower shelf 28, so as to form a supporting-flange 81, which rests upon an annular shoulder 32, provided upon the ice-water tank and above the discharge-pipes 14 and 15.

The provision-rack may be provided with a plurality of compartments 33, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, one only being illus trated, by means of radial upright partitions 34, secured to the hollow shaft of the rack and to the adjacent upper and lower faces, respectively, of the shelves. The outer open end of this compartment maybe closed by means of a hinged door 35, having a suitable lock 36. tween adjacent shelves may be entirely filled with such compartments, or a portion of the space may be left open for the reception of dishes containing articles of food, as may be found convenient ondesirable. The hollow shaft is also provided with a plurality of perforations 37to decrease the thickness of the material between the interior of the ice-water tank and the provision-rack.

From the foregoing description it'will be apparent that the present device is arranged It will be understood that the speeche to facilitate the introduction of the ice and also to provide for the convenient weighing thereof, while the ice-water is disposed so as to obtain the cooling eifect thereof and at the same time is in proper condition for drinking. Furthermore, the drain-pipeis arranged to maintain a proper amount of icewater within the tank therefor, and its lower endis housed within the refrigerator, so as toprevent damage thereto in moving the refrigerator and to be out of the Way of a drip-pan which is commonly placed to catch the drippings from the ice. Also the ice-pan forms a closure for the open upper end of the refrigerator, and thus the interior of the latter is not exposed when the cover 7 is removed to obtain a piece of ice or for any other pur-' pose. or shell of the refrigerator open or normally closed byareinovable cover and an ice-pan,

the provision-rack may be conveniently removed through the open end of the refrig- By having the upper end of the body erator to facilitate the cleansing of the interior the re of.

What is claimed is- 1. In a'refrigerator, a body or shell, which is open at'its upper end, and provided with a lateral door for access to the interior thereof, an upright ice-water tank located centrally within the body or shell, a removable provision-shelf embracing the tank, and an icepan located Within the upper end of theshell or body, forming a closure therefor, and also in communication with the ice-water tank.

2. .The combination with a refrigerator, of a central tubularv ice-water tank, which is open at its upper end, afunnel-shaped icepan supported upon the upper end of the tubular tank, a drain-pipe extending through the bottom of the tank, a discharge-pipe connected to the lower portion of the tank and passing outwardly through one side of the refrigerator, an annular shoulder provided upon the exterior of the tank and above the discharge-pipe, and a rotatable provision rack comprising a hollow shaft loosely emequivalent provided upon theuprights and the cross-bar for supporting the free portions of the flexible connections, when the Weighing device is not in use..

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS DE VEAU.

Witnesses:

' FRED. Hnss, E. E. REA. 

